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The effect of light availability on the phenotypic responses of Hedera sp.; leaf colour, area, and thickness, and abundance of hairs. Introduction Plant species are able to grow in many different habitats all around the world. They can show different growth forms in different locations as they depend on a variety of environmental factors such as light, water availability, soil type, and abundance of nutrients (to name a few). Differences between plants in various environments …

…t usually exhibit phenotypic plasticity are reproductive features such as flower morphology and seed and embryo development. Further research that could be done on phenotypic plasticity could be to perform similar experiments using other variables such as different soil types, different temperatures, and water and nutrient availability. Phenotypic plasticity is an important topic to study because changing phenotypes might eventually influence changing genotypes thus understanding phenotypic plasticity could give some insight into predicting evolutionary changes.